ARSENAL 1-0 CRYSTAL PALACE
8. Arsenal grab an early lead! And Pierre-Emerick Aubameyang is head over heels!
It comes as a shock to the Crystal Palace players, who twice thought they had done enough to repel Arsenal’s attack.
First, the Eagles cleared the game’s first corner with a header out of the box, only for Nicolas Pepe to keep the ball alive.
The Ivorian recycled play on the right by cutting back inside on to his left foot and unleashing a lovely curler towards the far corner. It was an ambitious attempt matched by the fine diving save of Vicente Guaita.
The goalkeeper must have already been congratulating himself on a smart push out, only to see Aubameyang arrive from nowhere to brilliant convert the rebound from an acute angle.
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